Turkey is located in between 36-42 latitudes northern hemisphere and 19 - 45 east longitude. 3% of Turkey's territory is in Europe and the rest is in Asia. Dardanelle and Bosporus Straits separate the European part from Asian part. Turkey is divided into Seven Geographical Regions according to their geographical and climate features. The Highest Mountain in Turkey is Mount Ararat (5135m), where it is believed Noah's Ark was landed. The major rivers of Turkey are Tigris, Euphrates, Red River and Meandros.

According to last census, Turkey has 67 millions inhabitants. 45 % Population of Turkey is living in countryside and 55 % population of Turkey is living in cities. Even though 98 % population of Turkey is Muslims, Turkey is a secular country. The population growth of Turkey is 1.7 annually.

Agriculture: Turkey is a self sufficient country in term of food. Turkey is the biggest hazelnut grower country as well as is the second biggest pistachio grower country. Turkey grows all kind of vegetables, citrus, tea leaves, tobacco, cotton, olive, hwit, rice…

Tourism: Turkey is recently becoming one of the most popular destinations for travellers. Its various and rich history, unspoiled beaches, ancient cities and natural beauty attracts many visitors every year. There is something for everybody in Turkey. Bird lovers may enjoy watching birds in several bird sanctuaries. The trekkers may enjoy trekking in Taurus Mountains, Cappadocia, Lycia, Kackar Mountains…The rafters may enjoy rafting in Yusufeli and Antalya. The history lovers may enjoy Troy, Pergamum, Ephesus, Millet, Perge, Hierapolis, Aphrodisas and several Archaeological Museums. In 2005 20 million travellers visited Turkey. Natural beauty of Cappadocia and Pamukkale will amuse you.

Natural Resources: Turkey has a very big potential of hydro energy. The main minerals found in Turkey are coal, chrome, iron, copper, bauxite, marble, sulphur, zinc, boron.

There is big variety of handcrafts for shoppers in Turkey. Jewellery, silver, onyx, carpet, tiles, leather are just some of this variety. Also you may buy a set of Backgammon which is very popular game at Tea Houses where turkish men are gathered to play cards and backgammon. If you are smoker you may also carry a water-pipe with you back to home.

The national sport of Turkey is Yagli güres also known as Oiled Wrestling. Since 1362 Edirne hosts one of the oldest sporting tournaments in the world, Kirkpinar Guresleri. The wrestlers, known as pehlivan, meaning hero, wear a type of hand-stitched lederhosen called kisbet (sometimes kispet), which were traditionally made of water buffalo hide, but now also of calf leather.

Unlike Olympic wrestling, oil wrestling matches may be won by achieving an effective hold of the kisbet. Thus, the pehlivan aims to control his opponent by putting his arm through the latter's kisbet. To win by this move is called paça kazik. Originally, matches had no set duration and could go on for one or two days, until one man was able to establish superiority, but in 1975 the duration was capped at 40 minutes for the baspehlivan and 30 minutes for the pehlivan category. If no winner is determined, another 15 minutes—10 minutes for the pehlivan category—of wrestling ensues, wherein scores are kept to determine the victor.

The annual Kirkpinar tournament, held in Edirne in Turkish Thrace since 1362, is the oldest continuously running, sanctioned sporting competition in the world.

Cirit: (The javelin Game): This game was brought to Anatolia from Asia by Turks. Men riding on horse from two different teams throw javelin to each other to gain points for wining the game. When a horse-riding man throws javelin to opponent team, the opponent team's member tries to catch it… It is a little bit dangerous and the game is required to be very good horse rider.

Turkish cuisine is the 3 rd richest cuisine in the world after Chinese and French Cuisine. Turkish cuisine owes this richness to Ottoman Empire. Ottoman Sultans employed the best chiefs from Middle East, Africa and Europe in their palaces. These cooks brought their speciality with them from their countries and they created a rich combination. You may break your diet when you are on holiday.

You may find a range of restaurants from simple Kebab Shop up to very fancy restaurant in Turkey. Some of the restaurants have live music. Some has folk dance show too. You may go out for a dinner at a Cave Restaurant in Cappadocia or Istanbul where you can all eat, drink and watch folk dance show from different regions of Turkey and belly dance. Surrounded by three seas, Turkey has very good fish restaurants too.

YTL is used in Turkey. YTL means New Turkish Lira. 1 Lira is equal 100 Kurush. The coins we use in Turkey are 1 Kurush, 5 Kurush 10 kurush 25 kurush , 50 kurush, 1 tl. The bank notes we use in Turkey: 1 YTL, 5 YTL, 10 YTL, 20 YTL, 50 YTL and 100 YTL.
All kind of credit cards are accepted in shopping centres, restaurants and hotels in Turkey. You can withdraw cash from ATM machines in all cities of Turkey.

Turkish Republic is a democratic, secular country. We have pluralist parliamentary system. Members of parliament are elected by people and the President is elected by the members of parliament.